The effect of quinine on the electroretinograms of children with pediatric cerebral malaria

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 187, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1342-1345

  Lochhead, Jonathan ^a,g   Movaffaghy, Armand ^c   Falsini, Benedetto ^d   Winstanley, Peter A ^b   Mberu, Edward K ^e   Riva, Charles E ^c   Molyneux, Malcolm E ^f   Taylor, Terrie E ^e   Harding, Simon P ^a  

^a ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c Institut de Recherche en Ophtalmologie   (Switzerland)

^d CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^e KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^f QUEEN ELIZABETH CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Malawi)

^g OXFORD EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

QUININE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAIN MALARIA; CAPILLARY BLOOD; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DARK ADAPTATION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; EYE TOXICITY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALAWI; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PHOTORECEPTOR; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOPATHY; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTIMALARIALS; CHILD; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALARIA, CEREBRAL; MALE; QUININE; RETINA; RETINAL DISEASES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0345269169     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/374058     Document Type: Article

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